Newport episode of 'The Great Food Truck Race' to air this month

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MIDDLETOWN — The episode of Food Network's "The Great Food Truck Race" filmed earlier this year in Newport County will air later this month.

Back in March, filming for the show took place at various local spots following a kickoff event at Newport Vineyards.

Attendees were encouraged to wear holiday garb because the episode would air during the holiday season. It has been officially scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 18 at 10 p.m.

"Tyler Florence meets with the final two food truck teams at a bustling farmers market in Newport, R.I. They go head-to-head, serving the biggest crowds yet and facing the challenge of winter weather. One team will win a holiday prize of $50,000, and one team will go home with coal in their stockings," the episode description on Food Network's website reads.

“We’ve never done a winter show like this,” Peter Woronov, executive producer of the Food Network show, told The Newport Daily News back in March at Newport Vineyards.

“It’s the first year we decided to go for a holiday theme,” he said. “We were trying to go to places with snow — we got it in spades.”

The show is in its 11th season, and is featuring a shorter version for the holidays. Normally there are eight episodes featuring nine food trucks, but for this season, there are five trucks and four episodes.

The show kicked off in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and moved onto Wolfesboro, New Hampshire for the second episode. The crew continued filming in Killington and Rutland, Vermont for the third episode which airs Wednesday, Dec. 11.

“Choosing a location is a big part of the competition,” Woronov said at the time of filming. “It’s like the world’s greatest lemonade stand.”

Tyler Florence, the celebrity chef and a graduate of Johnson & Wales University in Providence, is the host of the show. The team that wins the competition receives a $50,000 cash prize.

Plus — spoiler alert — because The Daily News covered the filming, the two teams that compete in the final episode were reported.

The final two truck teams, California-based Lia’s Lumpia and Colorado-based Big Stuff, were the two trucks at the Newport Vineyards event. But to find out who takes home first prize, you'll have to tune in.

For those who can't catch the initial showing of the episode on Wednesday, Dec. 18, it will run again on Thursday, Dec. 19 at 1 a.m. and Sunday, Dec. 22 at 3 p.m.

rthatcher@newportri.com

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